Cold Front DLC Making Its Way Toward SOCOM

According to the PlayStation Blog, a new downloadable pack for SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation will soon be available. The pack titled Cold Front introduces snowy Eastern European areas with two new maps, three classic SOCOM maps for 16 to 32 players and more. The classic maps will be revamped for the PlayStation 3.

The PlayStation Blog provides details on what will be included in the Cold Front pack:

• New Russian/Eastern European Area of Operation
• Snow setting complete with snow effects, new snow gear and camo for both the Special Forces and Mercenaries, and thermal vision
• New ARMS RUN gameplay mode features dynamically placed missile launchers that must be activated or destroyed depending on the side you're fighting for
• 5 new maps: Uprising, Entrapment, Blizzard, Night Stalker, Vigilance
• All new mercenaries characters with new looks and new VO
• New Special Forces squad: Russian Spetsnaz
• Gun turrets emplacements
• New music
• All new character specialization/progression system allows players to pick a primary and secondary specialization and unlock new equipment exclusive to those specializations
• Three new weapons, six enhanced versions of weapons available as part of the new weapons specialization system, two new weapon attachments (including the thermal scope), five enhanced versions of weapon attachments also available as part of the new weapons specialization system
• Two new grenade launcher ammo types (flash and smoke)
• New Trophies

The pack will be available for $14.99 on the PlayStation Network. There is no word on when the content will be released. We’ll keep you informed on the release date once more intel is provided.